Bass drum and cymbal beater



Feb. 20, 1923.

L. Af MUELLER. BASS DRUM AND CYMBAL BEATER.

FILED MAY 9,1921.

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BASS DRUM AND GYMBAL BEATER.

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Patented F eb. 20, 1923.

UNITED STATES LAWRENCE A. MUELLER, 0F KANKAKEE,

ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO LEEDY MANUFAC- TURING OO., OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, A CORPORATION 0F INDIANA.

BASS DRUM AND CYMBAL BEATER.

Application led May 9,

lie it known that l. Lawnsxcn A. MUEL man, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kankakee, in the county of Kankakee and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Bass Drum and Cymbal Beater, of which the following is a specification.

It is the object of my invention to provide a combined drum and cymbal beater, operated by the foot, whereby by simply shifting the foot laterally the downward movement of the foot may be inade to sound the drum alone or to sound the drum and cymbal together.

In the preferred form of my invention l sound both the drum and cymbal when the foot is in normal lateral position, as that is the condition which is desired the `greater part of the time, and upon shifting the footv laterally and then pushing down l throw the cymbal-striker out of operation.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention. Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a drum and cymbal beater embodying my invention, showing in full lines the parts in normal position, in dotted lines the parts in striking position, and in chain lines the cymbal-striker and its controlling parts in non-striking position; Fig. 2 is s, front elevation of the drum and cymbal beater shown in F ig. l; F ig. 3 is a fragmentary section on the line of Fig. 2; Fig. et is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a plan of the drum and cymbal beater shown in Fig. 1, with fragments of the associated drum andv cymbal; and Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a modilied form of drum and cymbal beater.

The drum and cymbal beater is carried by a frame 10, which lies on the Hoor and is preferably provided with clamping bars 11, whereby it may be clamped to a hoop of the bass drum. On the operatingr arm of the frame 10 is pivoted a carrier 12, in which is adjustably mounted the rod 13 which at its outer end carries the drum beater lil. On an arm 15 on the carrier 12 is hung a yoke 16 between which and a cross pin 17 in the bottom of the frame 10 extends an adjustable tension spring 18 which serves the double function of returning the beater to normal position after it has struck and of checking the rebound, the parts 15. 16, and 18 passinglr from one side ot' dead center to the other as the device is operated. Such 1921. Serial. No. 467,818.

operation obtained by a pedal 19 pivoted at ns heel end on the horizontal arm 10 of the frame lll and at its toe end connected in.' a link 20 to an obliquely upwardly proj 'ting' arm 21 on the carrier 12. To get a substantialrv balanced action, the pedal 19 and the link 2() are biliurcated, as is clear Vtroni Fig. 2.

-in arm 22 adjustably attached to the rod 13, by a thumb screw 23, the rod 13 being corrugated to facilitate the clamping in different longitudinal and circumferential positions thereon A rod 24 is pivotally mounted in and extends transversely of the arm 22, and is bent at its free end and provided with a head 25 which forms the cymbal striker. The rod 24 is provided with a rank-arm 2G, whereby it may be turned to different positions in the arm 22. This crankarm 26 is connected to the toe end of a supplemental pedal 27, pivoted at its heel end to one side of the main pedal 19 near the heel end of the latter on a pivot pin 27 and lyinpr beside and roughly parallel to the main pedal i9. lVhen the operator pushes his foot down, he may push down the pedal if) alone, or both pedals together, depending upon the lateral position to which he shifts his toot. The toe end oll the supplemental pedal 27 may be variously connected to the crank-arm 26. As shown in Fig. 6 such connection is by a simple flexible cord which passes fron] one part to the other through an eye 29 mounted on the frame 10 preferably substantially on the axis about which the carrier l2 moves; a torsion spring 3() acting; between the crank-arm 2G and thc arm teiuls to move the rod in a clockwise direction (Fig. (3) to normal position, ready to strike. In the arrangement shown in the remaining` figures, a plunger 31 mounted in a stationary cylinder 32 hung; by a linger 33 fromthe frame 10, which plunger is spring-pressed upward by a conipression spring 34C within the cylinder 32. plunger rod 235 extending dowmvard through the cylii'u'lcr l2 is attached to a yoke 5&7 by a removable thumb screw 3S, which permits the disconnection ot these parts, and a yoke 37 is connected by a link 39 to thel toe end of the supplemental pedal 27. The upper end of the plunger 31 is connected by an extensible link to the crank-arm 26. This link is extensible to provide for different adjustments of the arm 22 on the rod 13, and

is formed of two teleseoping members a0 and el, olampable together in diiierent relative longitudinal positions by a thumb nut 4Q, the member 40 being pivoted to the crank! arm 26 and the member 'sl-1 having` a transverse finger a3 which is releasably attaehed by a thumb screw t to a yolre 4:5 carried by the upper end o'l the plunger 31.

ln operation, when the drummer depresses only the pedal 19. with his foot shifted till it elears the supplemental pedal 27, the earrier 12 is turned to move the parts from tullline position to dotted-line position (Fig. l), and the drum `beater 11i strikes the head ot the drum and the cymbal striker E25 strikes the cymbal 51 which is carried. by the drum, to cause sounding oi' both drum and cymbal. However, if the drummer shifts his toot so that it depresses the supplemental pedal 27 as well as the main pedal 19, the resultant movement of the cord 2S or ot the plunger 31 and associated parts causes the rod 2lito be turned in the arln 2Q as the Carrier 12 is swung toward the striking or dotted-line position (Fig. l), so that when the rod 13 reaches its upper or dotted-line position to make the drum beater la strike the drum head, the cymbal striker 25 has been moved out of striking; position shown in dotted lines in Fig. l) to an inoperative position (shown in chain lines in 1) so thatsneh Cymbal striker will not strike the cymbal 51 and such cymbal will remain silent.A Thus by depressing" only the main pedal, the drummer causes both the drum and the cymbal to sound; but by depressing both pedals he causes only the drum to sound while the cymbal remains silent.

By disconnecting the parts normally oonneeted by the thumb nuts 38 and 14, and withdrawing the horizontal arm 10 ot the trame 10 from cooperation with the rest of such frame, as l preferably maire such two parts separable, it beeomes possible to fold f up the drum and cymbal striker into very small space for transporting and storage.

I claim as my invention:

1. A druml and ey bal beater, eomprising; a pivoted arm, a drum beater and a cymbal striker carried by said arm, a pedal for op- .terasse erating said arm yto cause the drum beater t0 strike a drum head. said cymbal striker being relatively movable in said arm. and a supplemental pedal y which rontrols the moyenlentey of said Cymbal striker in said arm to determine whether it does or does not strike the Cymbal when said first pedal is operated. 2. A drum and cymbal beater comprising a supportingv trarne. a drum beater and a cymbal striker movably mounted in said frame, a main pedal ier operatino said drum beater and cymbal striker, and a supplemental pedal which is so arranged that when it isdeprssed with the main pedal moves said striker to non-stril ing position.

3. A. drinn and cymbal beater, eonrjirisinp; a pivotefl arm carrying a drum beater and a cymbal striker. a main pedal for operatingsaid arm to Cause the drinn beater to strike a drumA head and said cymbal. ,striker t0 strike a cymbal. said cymbal striker being); relatively movable in said arm. and a snpplemental pedal which when depressed with the main pedal moves said cymbal striker relatively to said arm to an inoperative position.

4. A drum and cymbal beater comprising);

a supporting frame, a drum beater and a cymbal striker movably mounted in said frame, a main pedal for operating; said drum beater and cymbal striker, and controlling; means il'or said cymbal striker having two positions in which it respectively moves the cymbal striker into dierent positions rela-` tively to the cymbal.` i

5. A drum and Cymbal beater, Comprising; a pivoted beater arm, a pedal for operati said arm. a drum beater Carried by said anni a Cymbal striker carried by andmoratle with said arm, said striker being' shit-'table on said arm into and ont of striking' position. and means operable by the ioot in operating said pedal for shifting` said striker. f

ln witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Kankakee, lllinois. this 19th day of April, it... D. one thousand nine lmndred and twenty-one.

LAWRENCE Montres, 

